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host: fred in massachusetts. we want to remind our viewers and listeners that in a few minutes we will talk to senator charles grassley of iowa and then we will talk to senator bernie sanders of vermont. massachusetts on our line for republicans. caller: they keep talking about corporate welfare -- but don't the people know that corporations pay the highest taxes in the world, 35%, and some states have as much as 10%, that is 45% corporate tax. you cannot tax anymore. companies are leaving -- the person just said. they are going to the islands, they are going overseas. and as far as income taxes are concerned, the lower 50% of people don't pay any income taxes. so, you cannot tax more. you are driving business away. any questions? host: we will leave it there. we've got this e-mail from colorado -- greensboro, north carolina, on our line for democrats. caller: i think what is happening is that the republicans decided they are not going to cooperate with the debt ceiling because they really want of the country to
host: fred in massachusetts. we want to remind our viewers and listeners that in a few minutes we will talk to senator charles grassley of iowa and then we will talk to senator bernie sanders of vermont. massachusetts on our line for republicans. caller: they keep talking about corporate welfare -- but don't the people know that corporations pay the highest taxes in the world, 35%, and some states have as much as 10%, that is 45% corporate tax. you cannot tax anymore. companies are leaving --...
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let's move on to orne's, massachusetts on our line for democrats as well. caller: this is kathleen. i am a teacher and we need to test the children to find how much they are learning but the problem with no child left behind is the adequate yearly progress. each school has to increase the percentage of students who pass the test. the goal of no child left behind from the beginning was that one of every child in america -- they wanted every child in america to achieve a 66% in math and reading. is this what we really want to aim at? that glorious day when every child in america is mediocre? it varies some time from test test and district to district. sometimes the passing bar is as low as 63%. we need schools to meet their federal requirements, and in massachusetts were the children did pretty well to begin with over 10 years ago. every year to increase that, they have to continually [unintelligible] over that magical 66% line, even kids who are making progress so little that they cannot get the levels because they are new immigrants and have learning disabilities and they are making
let's move on to orne's, massachusetts on our line for democrats as well. caller: this is kathleen. i am a teacher and we need to test the children to find how much they are learning but the problem with no child left behind is the adequate yearly progress. each school has to increase the percentage of students who pass the test. the goal of no child left behind from the beginning was that one of every child in america -- they wanted every child in america to achieve a 66% in math and reading....
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host: what if she were to challenge scott brown in massachusetts? guest: i do not know if she is interested in doing that. i would support her for any thing. host: suzie in washington, d.c. good morning. caller: i have a comment and then a question. maybe the question will come first. i believe congress lives in a bubble that confined to three or four blocks around the capital, where we have several congressional members living in their offices. congress does not live among the people. they go home every weekend. therefore, they are isolated from the people, either in their home districts or in d.c. one of the things i would like to ask -- is there any way we can get a break out of all of the perks, including travel expenses, of the representatives going home every weekend roundtrip? my question is -- host: let's talk about that. congresswoman, do we havyou have perks? guest: most of my constituents want to see me every weekend. they expect me to come home and meet with them and have town hall meetings. i will be going home this coming weekend. i wi
host: what if she were to challenge scott brown in massachusetts? guest: i do not know if she is interested in doing that. i would support her for any thing. host: suzie in washington, d.c. good morning. caller: i have a comment and then a question. maybe the question will come first. i believe congress lives in a bubble that confined to three or four blocks around the capital, where we have several congressional members living in their offices. congress does not live among the people. they go...
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host: robert in massachusetts. good morning. caller: i have a question for you or for anybody listening who can provide an answer. when president bush left office, a barrel of oil cost $38. today, it is $100. why? everything else has removed -- remains the same. we're at full capacity. why does the price of oil -- why has it been doubled, almost tripled? guest: as he was leaving office, the world was tumbling into a tremendous economic downfall to the last month that he was in office, january, 2009, in the united states, about 750,000 jobs were lost. we had a tremendous economic slowdown in the final months of 2008 and early 2009. that was happening all over the world. people refer to it as the great recession. for a lot of people, it was the great depression. as factories shut down and stop using oil or energy in general, we had fewer commuters, fewer everything. the country was very depressed at that time. all commodity prices kind of fell as the global economy slipped into this financial crisis. now, as the world has come bac
host: robert in massachusetts. good morning. caller: i have a question for you or for anybody listening who can provide an answer. when president bush left office, a barrel of oil cost $38. today, it is $100. why? everything else has removed -- remains the same. we're at full capacity. why does the price of oil -- why has it been doubled, almost tripled? guest: as he was leaving office, the world was tumbling into a tremendous economic downfall to the last month that he was in office, january,...
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he is from massachusetts. he did a great job there. i am -- i want someone with experience. the problem with barack obama is that he went into the white house and he really had no idea how this country should be run. host: another tweet. perry, bachmann. baltimore. vote for'm going to barack obama. but i am not highly enthusiastic about him. i am more enthusiastic about making sure that republicans do not get the presidency. they will destroy this country with their financial agenda which will turn everything to the bridge. they're thinking about putting so security into the stock market. that is insanity. obama has shown me some good things about him. he stood up to israel. we need more politicians to do that. we cannot lend this -- let them decide our foreign policy. host: carmen is on the line. caller: nauvoo. barack obama. i am very enthusiastic. i am so angry that people do not remember what it was like in 2009 when he took office and the republicans were ready to let to the ottawa industry go under. if we had left it up to the republicans, america would have no auto in
he is from massachusetts. he did a great job there. i am -- i want someone with experience. the problem with barack obama is that he went into the white house and he really had no idea how this country should be run. host: another tweet. perry, bachmann. baltimore. vote for'm going to barack obama. but i am not highly enthusiastic about him. i am more enthusiastic about making sure that republicans do not get the presidency. they will destroy this country with their financial agenda which will...